Search Results for “Local government” tagged school

Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies are just one issue facing support staff

Footballer Marcus Rashford has become a recent champion of the campaign and pushed the government to extend its funding. Before lockdown, 1.3 million children were eligible for free school meals […]

The government expects schools to make £3bn of ‘efficiency savings’ by 2020, over a third of it from cuts to […]

Ideological cuts to local government education grants means more and more support services that councils provide are disappearing […]

"The government must work with the people on the education frontline – teachers, teaching assistants […]

Despite additional funding announced by the government in August, our analysis shows that over 80% of schools – around 16,000 – will still have less […]

But they also want the government to get this one right. “Staff will worry that the government appears more concerned with […]

“The government must work with all education unions on a clear plan to help school staff and pupils make the best […]

Leaflet outlining the Pay Justice for school and local government workers

Offers action for parents, school staff and the public to campaign against cuts to their local school and to ask the government for the funding our school […]

Offers actions for parents, school staff and the public to campaign against cuts to their local school, and to ask the government for the funding our schools […]

The local government leaders of the Labour Party, the Lib Dems and even the Conservative Party have raised their […]

More than half (52%) of school support staff across the UK have experienced stress, anxiety or depression as they struggle to cope with their workloads, according to a new survey published today (Tuesday) by UNISON. Two-fifths (41.5%) of those who took part in the survey said they had difficulty in completing their work, and more […]

Unless the government gets their act together, many of these invaluable public servants will leave their jobs – and […]

"The government needs to take account of the specific vulnerabilities of support staff and encourage schools to […]